It matters to SELinux, which is why I ask. >From SELinux's perspective, a valid shell means that the account can be used to log in (regardless of what the password is, and if the password is locked - which was in my case). This means that the account should have a security context associated with it (mine did not), which can cause some issues when applying a new policy. See:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-selinux-list/2006-May/msg00022.html for more information on the SELinux issue. So, other than ease of maintenance (which, as snarlydwarf points out, is easily solved via 'su -s /bin/bash'), is there a reason that the SlimServer account requires a valid shell in /etc/passwd? Thanks ... -- Jeff -- Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23594 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
